One of the primary goals for every fantasy baseball manager ahead of their drafts should be to find players who return a hefty return on their draft day investment. For most fantasy drafts, that investment is their average draft position (ADP). You can dominate your draft by identifying which guys have the highest chance of providing the most value every time you’re up to pick. This becomes more important the deeper you go into the draft, as late-round players will either be duds who you’ll drop within a few weeks, decent contributors who outperform expectations and stick around on your roster for most of the season, or studs who can boost your title chances.
We asked our experts to provide their favorite early fantasy baseball sleepers. Here are all of their picks. Below we take a closer look at Reid Detmers.
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Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers (SP – LAA)
“In his first full season in the majors, Reid Detmers was extremely volatile. The highlight was a no-hitter in early May against Tampa Bay, while the lowlight was a demotion in late June after his ERA reached 4.66 at that point. He came back stronger and posted a 3.36 ERA with far better strikeout numbers in the second half as he dialed back fastball usage. That helped cut down his HR numbers in a huge way, from 11 HR allowed in the first half to 2 HR in the second half. Detmers is ready to shoulder a full season’s worth of innings and could provide great numbers across the board at a discount.”
– Pierre Camus (Fantasy Endgame)
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